WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. This month Stuart Bartow will read from “Reasons to Hate the Sky”. Barbara Louise Ungar will also read.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. This month Howard Cruse will read from “Stuck Rubber Baby” 15th anniversary edition, and “From Headrack to Claude: Collected Gay Comix”.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. This month Michael Quiñones & other local songwriters will be featured.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. Featured this month: April 10 – National Poetry Month, David Jaicks, Kelly Lee & Cynthia Saunders Quiñones.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. This month Frank Merrigan and Terry Flynn will be featured.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 pm, Wednesday Night Writer’s Group will meet at the Freightyard Pub Annex (upstairs small conference room) at Heritage State Park, North Adams, MA.

Share your work with local writers in this welcoming, community-based workshop. Members submit their writing and receive peer feedback on a rotating basis. FREE. Open to writers of all levels and styles.

2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

Wednesday, February 3, 7:30 pm, Wednesday Night Writer’s Group will meet at the Freightyard Pub Annex (upstairs small conference room) at Heritage State Park, North Adams, MA.

Share your work with local writers in this welcoming, community-based workshop. Members submit their writing and receive peer feedback on a rotating basis. FREE. Open to writers of all levels and styles.

WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. In celebration of Black History Month, Jana Laiz & Ann-Elizabeth will read from “Weeping Under This Same Moon” and “A Free Woman on God’s Earth” (Mum Bet). Also Frances Sneed-Jones.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

Wednesday, January 6, 7:30 pm, Wednesday Night Writer’s Group will meet at the Freightyard Pub Annex (upstairs small conference room) at Heritage State Park, North Adams, MA.

Share your work with local writers in this welcoming, community-based workshop. Members submit their writing and receive peer feedback on a rotating basis. FREE. Open to writers of all levels and styles.

As part of the ongoing Collected Poets series, Nancy Pearson and Afaa Michael Weaver will welcome the new year in a special benefit for the Green River House, a community-based rehabilitation and support program for mentally ill adults. $5-10 suggested donation.

WordPlay@PapyriBooks begins with a 45 minute reading by a featured local writer, followed by a brief intermission with refreshments, then the WordPlay Open Mic. This month, North Adams author Craig Alan Chicoine will read from his self-published young adult novel, Gray Locke: The Mystery of the Weeping Rocks. The setting of the story was inspired by actual locations in North Adams, Massachusetts, including Natural Bridge State Park.

For more information call 413-662-2099, e-mail papyri@bcn.net, or visit http://www.papyribooks.net Papyri Books is open Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 p.m. and is handicapped accessible.
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Words from the Hills offers a roundtable for sharing poetry, short stories, narratives, histories, or even something from a blog. The words may be your own, or by a writer whose words have been important to you.

For additional information and registration visit the website at http://www.rowecenter.org/ and click on Calendar of Events, email retreat@RoweCenter.org, or call (413) 339-4954.
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2010 Subscription Series. 9 books for $99! With a Tupelo Press subscription, you’ll receive a year of poetry books, delivered to your door. These subscriptions function like the “community-supported agriculture” memberships many organic farms are now offering to strengthen their relationships with customers and to stabilize finances. We ask our subscribers to give us money in advance, during our production process, and in return we’ll send nine books, postage pre-paid, which will wing their way directly to you over the course of the year.

For more information, visit: www.tupelopress.org or email orders@tupelopress.org or call 413-664-9611.

Ilex Glabra is the botanical term for the inkberry bush, a North American shrub of the holly family, having glabrous leaves and black berries. ilexglabra.wordpress.com is an attempt to fill one sector of the void left by the disappearance of the North Adams-based literary non-profit organization known as Inkberry. You will find here a calendar of literary events: workshops, readings, discussions, etc. in the Berkshires. Additional content may be added in time, but our main purpose is simply to keep you informed.